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Grant County, MN jobs, unemployment and layoffs

Grant County’s unemployment rate is 3.8%. No layoff notices here in the last 12 months. 32 open professional jobs are in its cities.

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Grant County economy

  • 3.8%

    unemployment, Sep 2026

    3.1% the month before

  • 3,163

    in the labor force

    Source: BLS Local Area Unemployment Statistics

  • 6,108

    people in Grant County

    Source: U.S. Census Bureau

  • $72,957

    median household income

    Source: Census ACS

  • 35%

    of workers in white-collar occupations

    Management, business, financial and professional; Census ACS

Grant County outlook: Steady

Built from public Bureau of Labor Statistics and Census figures. It describes the area, not any one employer in it.

  • Private-sector jobs up 0.9% from 2022 to 2025
  • Population down 0.1% from 2020 to 2025
  • Unemployment 3.8%, up 0.7 points from a year ago

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Grant County layoffs

No layoff notices naming Grant County in the last 12 months are on file. The WARN Act covers employers with 100 or more workers, so smaller layoffs are not in it.

All layoff notices in the state

Employers hiring most in Grant County

Employers with the most open professional roles in this county’s cities. The county is taken from each job’s city, so roles with no city are not counted.

  1. Saint Andrews School Of Boca Raton6 open roles
  2. Dayton Freight Lines5 open roles
  3. Saint Andrews School Of Boca Raton3 open roles
  4. Andersen2 open roles
  5. Fairview Health Services2 open roles
  6. The Emily Program2 open roles
  7. CEE1 open role
  8. Choice Bank1 open role
  9. Cohesity1 open role
  10. Creative Financial Staffing1 open role

Workforce development and job centers

The public workforce board and American Job Centers serving Grant County. They offer free help with job search, training and filing for benefits.

Laid off in Minnesota? How to file for unemployment in Minnesota (steps, weekly amount and the appeal deadline).

  • Rural Minnesota Workforce Development Board

    Becker, Beltrami, Cass, Clay, Clearwater, Crow Wing, Douglas, Grant, Hubbard, Lake of the Woods, Mahnomen, Morrison, Otter Tail, Pope, Stevens, Todd, Traverse, Wadena, Wilkin

Cities in Grant County

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All of Minnesota

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Sources: Census Bureau and BLS (county unemployment is not seasonally adjusted); layoff notices from Minnesota’s published record; job counts from our live job board; IPEDS for colleges; CareerOneStop for workforce boards and job centers. Minnesota unemployment benefits and severance rules.

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